Technological Innovation: Capital and Labour

Two case histories are provided as accounts of technological innovation in a particular industry, i.e. bulk cargo handling and containerisation in the Port Industry. The geographical setting is the Pacific Coast of Northern California, more precisely at Sacramento and at San Francisco. The information was gathered during October and November 1975, from local sources through personal interviews, with key people and literature relating directly to the two ports. An additional source was the unpublished Masters Degree thesis of Andrea Mohn, ‘Economic Impact of the Port of Sacramento: Its Sources and Results’, of California State University, Sacramento. The report as a whole identifies certain key motifs: